California · Government Code

GOV §56031: (a) “Contiguous” means territory that abuts or shares a common boundary with territory within a local agency.

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(a) “Contiguous” means territory that abuts or shares a common boundary with territory within a local agency. (b) Territory is not contiguous if the only contiguity is based upon a strip of land more than 300 feet long and less than 200 feet wide at its narrowest width, that width to be exclusive of highways.

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